A bit of a summertime thread to help us get through to the start of the footy.
The premise is simple:
You’re marooned on a deserted island with a portable CD player (that runs on solar batteries that can easily be recharged by direct sunlight) and you can choose any ten albums that you want (This can include double/triple albums like The Wall etc).
What would they be?
They don’t need to be in any order…just name the Album and the Artist.
(Apart from filling in a bit of time, I’m also hoping to find some new stuff to listen to)
Here’s my list:
Disintegration - The Cure
Decade - Neil Young
Dark Passion Play - Nightwish
A Perfect Stranger, The Island Anthology - Marianne Faithfull
The dreaded Desert Island Discs.
Back to the drawing board for this one.
Do the old time classics hold up against the latest faves?
Desert island dilemmas.
Back later, like wim.
The dreaded Desert Island Discs.
Back to the drawing board for this one.
Do the old time classics hold up against the latest faves?
Desert island dilemmas.
Back later, like wim.
I found an old list from about 7-8 years ago as I was doing this latest one...I made a few changes
No order. Beatles-white album.jethro Tull-aqualung.acdc-back in black.pink Floyd-wish you were here.neil young -live rust.supertramp-crime of the century.led zep -zeppelin 2.red hot chilli peppers-californication.kiss-alive 2.mike old field -tubular bells. Apologies to sabbeth,purple,the who and Kylie monogue.
You Am I - Hourly Daily
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Love - Forever Changes
Big Star - #1 Record
Neil Young - Live Rust
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
The Beatles - White Album
The La’s - The La’s
I’ve been working on this in an ongoing way for a while. I only include studio albums that are for me as perfect from start to finish as they can get; and, within the ten, cover as much of my musical tastes as possible. So many miss out because they are unbalanced etc… or because they crossover style-wise with others. I love very old Blues, but as they didn’t make albums as such then, I can’t really include them. I haven’t included compilations at all, or I’d probably take LZ - Remasters etc. It changes a bit - like the ins and outs of a footy team. Here’s what I’ve got at this stage.
Beatles - White Album
Ween - The Mollusk
Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing
Mr Bungle - California
The Cult - Electric
Shellac - At Action Park
Prince - Sign Of The Times
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
■■■■■■■ hard work. The first three are non-negotiable. Have a shortlist of 20. That’s not even including metal, of which I decided to make a completely separate list (might be an idea for another thread).
I’ve also had a go at top ten favourite artists, top 50 favourite songs. Sorry for the detail, but I’m one of those guys when it comes to music. I was the guy who made endless compilation tapes as a teenager, just coz I loved trying to get it right. I still do it with I-Tunes etc. but back then it that was from vinyl to cassette, or with a double cassette player. Anyway…
In the 2 minutes since I posted I’ve changed The Cult - Electric, to Godflesh - Selfless and back again.
These are my choices at present.
Tomorrow I could think differently.
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rush - Hemispheres
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Midnight Oil - 10 to 1
David Bowie - David Live
Diesel - Hepfidelity
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues